The Truth That Killed
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few stories from the Cold War era are as chilling and consequential as that of Georgi Markov — a celebrated Bulgarian dissident writer who was assassinated on Waterloo Bridge in London in 1978 by a ricin-tipped pellet fired from an umbrella, almost certainly at the order of the Bulgarian secret police. The Truth That Killed is his posthumously published memoir and testament, a gripping and courageous account of life under communist totalitarianism in Bulgaria, chronicling the corruption, hypocrisy, and brutality of a regime that ultimately silenced him for daring to speak openly. Translated by Liliana Brisby and introduced by his wife Annabel Markov, the work presents an insider's portrait of a society governed by fear, where truth itself became an act of rebellion. Written with the lucidity and moral urgency of a man who understood the personal cost of honesty, Markov's prose is both intimate and politically devastating, drawing on his own experiences as a prominent figure in Bulgarian cultural life before his defection to the West. The Truth That Killed stands as one of the most important dissident documents of the twentieth century — a searing indictment of authoritarian rule that resonates far beyond its specific historical moment. For anyone seeking to understand the human price of political repression, this book remains as vital and haunting as the story of its author's fate.
Author: Georgi Markov
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few stories from the Cold War era are as chilling and consequential as that of Georgi Markov — a celebrated Bulgarian dissident writer who was assassinated on Waterloo Bridge in London in 1978 by a ricin-tipped pellet fired from an umbrella, almost certainly at the order of the Bulgarian secret police. The Truth That Killed is his posthumously published memoir and testament, a gripping and courageous account of life under communist totalitarianism in Bulgaria, chronicling the corruption, hypocrisy, and brutality of a regime that ultimately silenced him for daring to speak openly. Translated by Liliana Brisby and introduced by his wife Annabel Markov, the work presents an insider's portrait of a society governed by fear, where truth itself became an act of rebellion. Written with the lucidity and moral urgency of a man who understood the personal cost of honesty, Markov's prose is both intimate and politically devastating, drawing on his own experiences as a prominent figure in Bulgarian cultural life before his defection to the West. The Truth That Killed stands as one of the most important dissident documents of the twentieth century — a searing indictment of authoritarian rule that resonates far beyond its specific historical moment. For anyone seeking to understand the human price of political repression, this book remains as vital and haunting as the story of its author's fate.